Three Yemeni soldiers were killed and other 11 were wounded early Saturday in two attacks by elements of the Southern Mobility, which calls for separating southern Yemen from the north.

The Ministry of Interior announced that the security forces in Lahj province are to hunt down separatist elements accused of killing 3 soldiers and wounding 11 others in two ambushes against two vehicles belonging to the army forces, reported the Ministry’s Security Media Center.

The Center said that a group of these elements ambushed a vehicle belonging to the army forces in Al-Raha area, which led to the death of 2 soldiers in their car after they came under fire from the separatist elements, and 4 others were wounded; then they were taken to hospital for treatment, the attack also resulted in injuring 7 others.

The security services in Lahj province added that a vehicle belonging to the military sector in Al-Malah Directorate was ambushed by separatist elements in Jubail Shams area, which led to the death of the soldier driving the car.

The security services stressed that all involved in both criminal attacks, which targeted members of the army forces, will not go unpunished, and the security will pursue them wherever they are to receive their just punishment.

Currently, it is notable that the Southern Mobility is witnessing increasingly confrontations, call for secession from the north.